"Between 4 p.m., when Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room begins, and 11 p.m., when Anderson Cooper finishes his second hour (a replay of the first), CNN basically features a succession of babbling anchors interviewing a series of talking heads, with clips from reporters in the field occasionally spliced in..."

" The network apparently thinks that having Paul Begala on to trade soundbites with Ari Fleischer makes for riveting TV."

"At 7 p.m., there’s Erin Burnett. In recent days, she’s been hotly pursuing a major story—the supposed explosion in the use of the bath salt Cloud 9 and its link to cannibalistic behavior. Watching her interview a toxicologist over the tag “DEA warns of Cannibal Drug,” I wondered how she ever managed to get a full hour in prime time."

"Anderson Cooper, you’d think that someone with an hour to fill every night would devote himself full time to the job..."

"[Piers] Morgan’s show is truly fatuous... Morgan was brought in January 2011 to replace Larry King. [In] an embarrassing rebuke to the CNN brass, his ratings have dipped even lower than King’s..."

There's more like that. It's all brutal.

Massing does say that he likes one CNN show, Fareed Zakaria's GPS.

Unfortunately, that one airs on Saturday, when no one's watching TV.

Anyone else have any ideas? What's wrong with CNN? Let us know in the comments below.